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Generators & Electric Motors General DiscussionAntique Generators and Old Electric Motors: Questions and answers about restoring and showing old power generation systems.

I am working on a Homelite 23A , sn 291242. I am ignoring the oil / gas ratio and following the instructions on the 2 cycle mix. It has a reservoir (2.6 oz) at the top of the bottle that fills by squizing the bottle. That mixes with 1 gal of gas. My reasoning is that the modern 2 cycle oils would be far better.

I have several of those Navy surplus Homelite generators. an opposed twin, a single vertical cylinder, (That runs!) and an inverted single like yours. The single is VERY loud and smokes like crazy with that motor oil mix. The gas tank cap has the mix formula stamped inside at so many caps per gallon.